Quote#Solitude
Had there been a lunatic asylum in the suburbs of Jerusalem, Jesus…
Quote byHavelock Ellis · 1859–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Impressions and Comments, series 3.
English (original)
Had there been a lunatic asylum in the suburbs of Jerusalem, Jesus Christ would infallibly have been shut up in it at the outset of his public career. That interview with Satan on the pinnacle of the Temple would alone have damned him, and everything that happened after could but have confirmed the diagnosis.
— Havelock Ellis
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